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This will be slightly #geeky, and probably only of interest to #electronics hobbyists and #guitar players. I happen to sit in the intersection of that particular #Venn diagram.

When I was a teenager, having only been playing guitar for a few years, I owned a guitar #effects pedal that went on to become legendary - the Boss HM-2 "Heavy Metal" #pedal. Its sound is still ubiquitous in metal.

I don't have it any more. I think I traded it for an analog chorus, which was a seriously expensive pedal back then. Although I have other #distortion effects, I've missed it a lot over the years.

Well, lots of hobbyists build their own effects. And the circuit schematics for many effects, particularly the classics, are available online. So like many others, I decided to build my own HM-2.

This image is the schematic for the #HM2. It's not the most complicated pedal, but it's a league above something like an Ibanez Tube Screamer. As far as active devices go, it's got 6 #opamps and 10 #transistors of various types, along with a bunch of diodes for multiple types and stages of clipping, and the usual jumble of capacitors and resistors. Oh, and four potentiometers.

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#EffectPedal#HeavyMetal#pedals
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee)

How to pass the invisible

hackers.pub/@hongminhee/2025/h

Hackers' Pub · How to pass the invisibleThis post explores the enduring challenge in software programming of how to pass invisible contextual information, such as loggers or request contexts, through applications without cumbersome explicit parameter passing. It examines various approaches throughout history, including dynamic scoping, aspect-oriented programming (AOP), context variables, monads, and effect systems. Each method offers a unique solution, from the simplicity of dynamic scoping in early Lisp to the modularity of AOP and the type-safe encoding of effects in modern functional programming. The post highlights the trade-offs of each approach, such as the unpredictability of dynamic scoping or the complexity of monad transformers. It also touches on how context variables are used in modern asynchronous and parallel programming, as well as in UI frameworks like React. The author concludes by noting that the art of passing the invisible is an eternal theme in software programming, and this post provides valuable insights into the evolution and future directions of this critical aspect of software architecture.
#context#contexts#aop
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Sam at BLAG

BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 06 is free, online, and features five hours of talks, interviews, studio visits, and demonstrations: bl.ag/meet.

We kick off with @matratype and her quest to learn and devise the language to describe letterforms on India’s vibrant signage. (See previous post here: typo.social/@matratype/1140423.)

I'm excited to see where these investigations have led to, and how they're being incorporated into the India Street Lettering project.

#SignPainting#Lettering#Effects
Francois Dion

"Crawfish Bucket Brigade".
Another track added to my Lunchbox playlist. And another food related title, with a link to #synthesis and #effects

This one is the first part of two tracks I recorded on the #behringer #neutron, using the same basic sequence from a #korg #sq1, but with a different feel between the two parts.

No drums, as I relied completely on the Neutron 2 oscillators for all sound generation. #music #soundcloud #livetronica #electronica #electronicmusic

soundcloud.com/francois_dion/c

SoundCloudCrawfish Bucket Brigade Part IOnce more, the battery powered portable studio strikes back. Behringer Neutron doing the sound generation, Korg SQ1 some very basic sequencing and controlling the bucket brigade delay of the Neutron.
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